The York Dispatch from York, Pennsylvania • 1

-if 1 Army ground laser hits satellite 260 miles above Earth A3 JTsiBTT 770 inR UNITED FLAR0N7 IND PARK Z0 UNICO DR oz HOME EDITION YORK PA TUESDAY OCTOBER 21 1997 -u 35 CENTS I I Callingthe expungement President Judge John Uhler reinstates five 1980s felony convictions By MARK SCOLFORO UijHitih Siimhn President Judge John Uhler reinstated the felony convictions of former North York coin dealer Rho-deric Seymour Jr yesterday a week after a two-part story on expungement ran in The York DispatchSunday News Although he had few legal documents to go on Uhler wrote is apparent the expungement was acting on behalf of Mr Seymour in which case a complete mystery as! to how that would have come said Tilley What happened: Seymour now 60 and living since 1989 in Tavares Fla was convicted by a jury in 1982! and pleaded guilty in 1985 to his role! in what prosecutors at the time called the largest-ever burglary ring See JUDGE15 Acting without prompting or suggestion Uhler said he the record of conviction and resultant docket records are hereby reinstated and the expungement he said He gave Seymour 20 days to an or challenge the order District Attorney Stan Rebert re quired by law to review any expungements in York County was unavailable for comment this morning an office worker said Informed of the ruling this morning Seymour said will Whatever God wills is OK with me If what they figure is fair OK with action surprised Walter A Tilley III president of the York County Bar Association he did it on his own motion? Nobody even asked him to do that? be said Tilley Tilley said questions remain about how the expungement was ever approved in the first place by Judge James Buckingham Uhler in his order set the date of decision as or about March 30 a possibility that the thing' went through without any attorney IN SPRING GROVE Woman was victim of robbery at former shop in August PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER GLASS A North Codorus police officer fills out paperwork during the investigation of a shooting that killed Thomasville resident Jennifer Myers 43 at the Gray Fox Gallery yesterday in Spring Grove Oh deer! that time year In mating season on the road STAFF REPORT Local police reported a pair of auto accidents involving deer yesterday a trend sure to continue as the animals head into the peak of their mating season An hour before sunrise yesterday police responded to deer-car wrecks on Route 216 in West Manheim Township and on Route 194 in Franklin Township think we started to see a few of these types of calls last week with cars striking deer that maybe 1 been on the move in the said Northern York County Regional Police spokesman Mark Birchfield whose department handled the Franklin Township accident His advice to motorists: down and be on the While no one can say going on inside brains scientists can say for certain going on inside the bloodstreams hormones Every year about this time male deer go into rut a period of sexual excitement during which they urinate and otherwise mark their territory They drop in weight because they eating much resting during the day and seeking females during the evening hours out and about doing what deer said Dan Lynch state Game wildlife specialist for southeast Pennsylvania The middle of November is considered the peak of rutting season but for many individual bucks it has already begun stopped hanging out in herds with other males and some are showing the enlarged neck glands indicative of rutting season To mark territory the deer make at the edge of fields or trails digging small areas of dirt and urinating in them of like a dog at a fire said Lynch But a more basic reason why deer are involved in numerous auto accidents and it has nothing to do with the calendar big reason is there are so many deer and so many cars said What was the last murder in Spring Grove? Residents talk about the shooting Page A7 STAFF REPORT Authorities were hoping an autopsy today would shed more light on the fatal shooting of a Thomasville woman at her Spring Grove art gallery yesterday The woman also had been the victim of a daylight robbery and sexual assault a little more than a year ago at her former business in West Manchester Township a pretrial conference for the man accused in that case had been scheduled for tomorrow Jennifer Myers 43 of Thomasville RD 1 was found dead by her husband Steve Myers shortly after 3 pm yesterday at their Gray Fox Gallery 430 Main St ac- cording to York County Coroner Kathryn Fourhman The coroner said Myers was shot in the head but declined to say if the woman suffered any other wounds or whether the head wound was fatal Fourhman estimated the time of death at between 10 am when Myers opened the art and framing shop and when her husband found the body An autopsy began at 8:15 this morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital by forensic pathologist Isidore Mihalakis she said It was not expected to conclude until at least noon Police investigation: State police are investigating the killing and released little information last night after spending more than five hours at the shop in a strip mall near a Farmers Bank and the Small World Daycare center Manchester Police Chief Timothy Bolton said this morning he could not comment on any possible connection between the homicide and the previous case District Attorney Stanley Rebert said investigators are checking for any possible connection between the two crimes but he did not know whether Dowling had been questioned Nothing out of ordinary: Employees at the businesses surrounding the Gray Fox Gallery said they see or hear anything suspicious Dolores Hankey an employee at the day care just See SHOOTING 'A7 Heather Myers daughter of the victim is driven away after learning of her death yesterday Man gets 10 years in bizarre cult killing Airville man held as slave then killed in WVa as little as three years money has already parole board after three William Cooper 40 a keen transferrec to the West years but the prosecutor in quasi-religious figure whose Virnia Penitentiary for Men the case Wetzel County Pros-inexplicable grip over Good at Mount WVa' ecuting Attorney Bill Lemon led Good to serve as a virtual Under that law said that in such cases slave while Cooper lived off Cooper could go before the rare the prisoner is released the first time Cooper could reduce his sentence by half if he is credited for prison meaning he could be free without even probation after See 10 YEARS! By MARK SCOLFORO Dijuiklt iwdn ea The man convicted of killing Airville native Tim Good was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in a West Virginia prison for voluntary manslaughter He could be free in INSIDE DISPATCH battle WEATHER Supervisor guilty in postal brawl Feud at York post office ends up in court Tomorrow: 50 Full repoit A2 INDEX SPORTS Colts win Bullalo beats them 9-6 Page B1 frontation with Theresa Bockes of Wynnewood Road Camp Hill Brenner was fined $200 and ordered to pay court costs and he has 30 days to appeal the verdict Grabbing and shoving: Brenner a 24-year veteran of the postal service who had worked in York the past four years was charged with grabbing and shoving Bockes just moments after a fellow supervisor and their superior left the room Those seconds were critical District Justice" Richard Martin a substitute for Barbara Nixon decided the time frame between the two employees leaving and Bockes slamming into the door behind them was too short for Bockes to have initiated the fight See GUILTY! 7 By BRIAN GEOGHAN lhfMiltliiSumltn Was Only two people know exactly what happened behind closed doors in an office at the York City post office on May 15 A few things are clear however There was definitely a physical confrontation between two US Postal Service supervisors and at least one of them lost control Both employees lost their jobs as a result The details depending on who was telling the story vary a bit particularly regarding who was the aggressor in the fight who actually lost control and who initiated the fight But yesterday Aaron Brenner of Round Hill Road Springettsbury Township was found guilty of harassment for his part in the con I Ann Landm C7 Ai mind Town A2 4 Business B5 I Classified Comics C6-7 Counts news C8 Editmial A6 Hoioscope C7 Lottei ies C8 'l Obituai ies C2 IT SpmtsTodas B1 VI C5 1lS Wmld A3 kTodas Cl Above Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates recently introduced the latest Internet browser But yesterday In the largest 1 contempt fine ever sought the Justice Department asked a federal court to impose an unprecedented $1 million-a-day fine on Microsoft for requiring personal computer manufacturers to license and distribute its Internet browser The latest battle is about more than browsers It's about Microsoft's bid to retain -Its Industry dominance and tame the Web See story Page A3 Domestic Violence Awareness Month For help call Access York 846-5400 3 I i.